I just built my first 5 gallon natural fish tank with soil, gravel, and plants for my betta fish Poppy. I've been testing the water quality with the "API 5 in 1" test strips, which my local aquarium store says they use. The results in both my current 2.6 gallon tank (where my fish currently is)...

What is this plant? I was going down to my pond to feed the fish my water lettuce for nutrient export and I found a few plants. I thought it was ludwigia but I dunno. Any thoughts?

I bought a mystery snail and two nerite snails from the fish store several weeks ago. I probably shouldn't have bought them, as the guy said, "Don't worry, I already pulled all the dead snails out of the tank this morning." Within a week the two nerite snails had died, and I get the feeling my...

Managed to grow some Ottelia alismoides seeds. They seem to look like vallisnerias when immature and transition to a cordate leaf when mature. Here are the 5 day old seedlings

Hey everyone! As many others did, I got here thanks to Foo the Flowerhorn's videos. Since I was a kid I've always wanted to set up a tank and the simplicity and natural look of this method pushed me to finally try. Right now I'm in the process of Soak-And-Draining the soil, waiting to start...